Is Pre-Med difficult in UCLA and hard to get a good grades to get accepted ?

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<p>What is the acceptance rate for UCLA Pre-Med students to get into UCLA Medical School or all other Medical Schools? Is it difficult to get good grades in all of the required Pre-Med courses?</p>

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<p>it is impossible to know the answer to ur first question. yes it is difficult to get good grades in those courses (not everyone gets to go to med school lol)</p>

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<p>I was about to say that I’m not sure… but a simple google search later: </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/PreMed.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/PreMed.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>53% That’s probably at or slightly above the national average. It’s certainly difficult to get good grades at UCLA, particularly in many of the required science classes.</p>

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<p>but this uses self reported data which is not accurate</p>

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<p>More to the point, it ignores all the people that never bothered to apply because they didn’t do well enough.</p>

<p>The problem is it’s impossible to really know how many people go in planning to go to medical school, so there isn’t an accurate count anywhere.</p>

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<p>Here’s a more detailed [link](<a href=“http://career.ucla.edu/Students/GradProfSchCounseling/MedicalSchoolStatisticsForUCLAGraduates/Overview.aspx#1”>http://career.ucla.edu/Students/GradProfSchCounseling/MedicalSchoolStatisticsForUCLAGraduates/Overview.aspx#1&lt;/a&gt;) to the info you provided.</p>

<p>If you notice per UCLA site and the other link you provided, 164 applied and 87 were accepted, or 53%.</p>

<p>Per AAMC site, 713 students w/ UCLA baccalaureates applied to med school in 2009. (The current link to aamc.org shows 2010, 680+.) What comprises the difference between UCLA”s site, 164 and the AAMC, 713, or 549 students?</p>

<p>1.) The UCLA site isn’t all inclusive, for it says:</p>

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<p>2.) According to the AAMC site, ~ 1/4 of the students re-apply.</p>

<p>3.) I’m sure there are a decent number who did some post-grad work before applying for the first time.</p>

<p>Also if you notice per the link I supplied, the detail shows most applying to UC schools, with very little to med schools outside of CA. We know most UCLA grads who attend med school will attend outside of CA. I would guess of the 713 UCLA grads, ~ 500 were probably recent grads, within the 2009 academic year. UCLA doesn’t have the info on all recent grads who apply to med school so the 53% may not be accurate.</p>

<p>The question becomes: Is the rate > or < than 53% </p>

<p>There are arguments/questions for both upward and lowering the 53%. One pushing the rate upward would be the ‘undocumented’ applicants were applying to mostly oos med schools which would be easier to gain acceptance. One lowering would be: could there be lesser qualified applicants who don’t release info to UCLA?</p>

<p>Just for applicants to med school, UCLA and Cal are usually 1st or 2nd of all universities in the nation.</p>

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<p>Here’s the link to the [aamc site](<a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161116/data/table2-7-mwhite2010-web.pdf.pdf”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161116/data/table2-7-mwhite2010-web.pdf.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) listing applicants according to undergrad inst. In 2009, UCLA had ~ 800.</p>

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<p>Is UCLA “easier” than Berkeley for Pre-med?</p>

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<p>^yes it is slightly</p>

<p>dont think that UCLA will be ‘doable’ if u just study…thats what i thought and i was VERY WRONG</p>

<p>if ure looking for a place that will gurantee more As go to UCSD</p>

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<p>Or UC Davis,or UCI</p>

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<p>UCLA is a place where sometimes your best isn’t good enough, no matter how much you study.</p>

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<p>^ But Berkeley is even worse I heard.</p>